A musical instrument (usually large) consisting of a number of pipes, supplied with compressed air… In plural with singular sense. Now English reg…
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] (289) organc1380 A musical instrument (usually large) consisting of a number of pipes, supplied with compressed air… In plural with singular sense. Now English reg… a pair (also set) of organs1422 spec. a pair (also set) of organs: an organ. Obsolete. box of whistles1678 Phrases, etc. a contemptuous appellation for a church organ. (Cf. quot. 1340 at sense 1a.) kist o' whistles1772 kist o' whistles, kist o' whustles, an organ (organ, n.1 2). Now rare. set1795 A ‘pair’ of organs, of bagpipes: see pair, n.1 6. whistle-kist1843 see 1b (a). pipe organ1862 An organ using pipes as well as or instead of reeds. Cf. reed organ n. at reed, n.1 compounds 2. melodica1890 A small pipe organ, invented by J. A. Stein of Vienna. Now historical. Subcategories:— partial organ (9) — console (2) — keyboard (5) — stop-knob (7) — board across back of keys (2) — pedalboard (5) — swell or swell-box (6) — soundboard (6) — bellows (14) — wind-chest (9) — conducting pipe (4) — register (5) — pallet (4) — other valves or shutters (3) — parts conveying action (11) — coupler (13) — parts supporting pipes (8) — pipe (32) — width of pipe (2) — stop (127) — other parts (3) — current of wind (1) — wind-pressure indicator (3) |
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